Banks and Hilton exchanged barbs after the blogger criticised Banks's feuds with other female artists. The rapper went on to call him "d**ckbreath" and tell him to "gobble a d**k. (sic)"

Hilton told Banks: "Some of your music is cute, but your attention-seeking ways are pathetic and hurtful. You drag while others choose to uplift!"

Banks responded: "Whatever bitch, you tried to sign me to ur little bum ass label in '11 with them bulls**t ass artists..." She later tweeted: "omg u should just kill yourself... Like for real... lol what a messy f*ggot you are."

Fans of both Banks and Hilton responded angrily to the term, with one follower tweeting: "Wow low blow banks i did like you till now. *deletes songs off ipad*."

The '212' rapper later defended her use of the word, explaining: "A f*ggot is not a homosexual male. A f*ggot is any male who acts like a female. There's a BIG difference."

Shears, who is openly gay, has now condemned Banks's use of the word in a new series oftweets, writing: "Oh yeah. 'F*ggot.' Totally cool. Give me a f**king break."

He added: "It all about context. And right now, I'm sorry, but context is not on your side... Donna Summer was ostracized for a decade from words she used about her gay fans. Too bad she didn't have twitter to recant them immediately."

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